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anecdotal1 | karma 131 | avg karma 1.24 · 2023-03-23 20:37:30

They reverse engineered the Reddit API used by the official web client. It's not the same as the public API. Shutting down this API would break the website.

zinekeller | karma 6199 | avg karma 3.47 · 2023-03-23 20:44:49

I'm definitely sure that (at least) Teddit uses official APIs (https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit/wiki#oauth-vs-non-oauth). Are you confusing it with Nitter (which does use Twitter's undocumented APIs)?

anecdotal1 | karma 131 | avg karma 1.24 · 2023-03-23 21:23:01

Yes, oops!

selcuka | karma 3185 | avg karma 2.58 · 2023-03-23 20:53:35

> They reverse engineered the Reddit API used by the official web client.

Curious, how do they get away with CORS?

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jacooper | karma 6833 | avg karma 2.57 · 2023-03-23 21:01:10

Its handled at the server level

c-shubh | karma 10 | avg karma 3.33 · 2023-03-23 21:01:56

CORS is enforced within browsers, not servers. Libreddit and teddit require you to self host or use publicly hosted instances.

selcuka | karma 3185 | avg karma 2.58 · 2023-03-23 21:10:01

Ah, I thought they are simply JS UIs to reddit servers. That explains it, thanks.